What's the Difference Between . . . Lenses and Prisms and Other Scientific Things?

by Gary Soucie

What's heavier, a ton of feathers or a tonne of bricks? When is a fluid not a liquid? Isn't a motor the same as an engine? Does your favorite rock band make sound or noise? Don't know the answers? Don't worry If you can't tell fission from fusion, radar from sonar, or RAM from ROM, you're not alone. Lots of people confuse scientific and technological ideas, objects, and processes. Now, well-known science and nature writer Gary Soucie helps you understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471086266
• ISBN13: 9780471086260
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7